Sandré Swanson
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, restricts the employment of licensed physicians and surgeons and podiatrists by a corporation or other artificial legal entity, subject to specified exemptions, and makes it a crime to practice medicine without a license. Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2011, a pilot project to allow qualified district hospitals that, among other things, provide more than 50% of patient days to the care of Medicare, Medi-Cal, and uninsured patients, to employ a physician and surgeon, if the hospital does not interfere with, control, or otherwise direct the professional judgment of the physician and surgeon. The pilot project authorizes the direct employment of a total of 20 physicians and surgeons by those hospitals to provide medically necessary services in rural and medically underserved communities, and specifies that each qualified district hospital may employ up to 2 physicians and surgeons, subject to specified requirements. This bill would delete that pilot project and would instead, until January 1, 2021, authorize a health care district, as defined, and a clinic owned or operated by a health care district, as specified, to employ physicians and surgeons if the health care district's service area includes a Medically Underserved Area (MUA) or a Medically Underserved Population (MUP) , or has been federally designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) ; the district board conducts a public hearing and adopts a specified resolution declaring the need for the district to recruit and directly employ one or more physicians and surgeons; and the executive officer of the district provides specified documentation to the Medical Board of California. Upon receipt of that documentation, the bill would require the board to approve the employment of up to 5 primary or specialty care physicians and surgeons by the district, and, upon receipt of additional documentation after that employment, to approve an additional 5 primary or specialty care physicians and surgeons. The bill would provide that a district may, until December 31, 2020, enter into, renew, or extend any employment contract with a physician and surgeon for up to 10 years. The bill would require the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the board, to report to the Legislature by June 1, 2018, with regard to the efficacy of the employment of physicians and surgeons by health care districts, as specified.
From Senate committee without further action.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 1739.)
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
Read second time. To third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (April 21).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB646 | HTML |
| 02/25/09 - Introduced | |
| 04/13/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/05/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/13/10 - Amended Senate |
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